The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
SIXTY MILLIONS of matches are said to be
made daily in Akron O.

SIXTY MILLIONS of matches are said to be
made daily in Akron, o.
FORTY weIl-known families at Newport, r. l.,
usually leadersin social festivities a correspon-
dent writes, are in deep mourning
THE women of the Presbyterian church of this
country have raised, during the past sixteen
years, about 81 100, 900 for missions
TWENTY FIVE MEN are at work in Bath, Me-, on
what is intended to be the largest steam tug in
the world. 1t is to be used for ocean towing.
IS Sublette, Ill., a swarm of bees has been
making its home for the last fourteen years be-
tween the floor of one room and ceiling OF an
other
EVERYBODY found smoking on the streets of
Saugatuck, Mich, during the dry spell was
liable to be arrested under the orders OF the VII
lage Council.
A YOUTH of II years is in Jail at Kingston, N.
Y, awaiting the sitting of the grand jury, on
charge Of forgery, though his family alleges
that he could never either read or write
ACCORDING to the latest directory of Leadville,
Col, that lofty town has population OF over
10000. 1t has also three daily newspapers, five
public schools, good fire department and sixty
four mining companies.
THE Illinois Humane Society, organized at
Chicago in 1870, has good record. During the
last six years it has investigated 1874 com
plants, extended help to 5,463 children and
saved from abuse over s, 900 horses.
A KENT COUNTY (MICH) DEPUTY SHERIFF was
talking to the hired girl. She wanted to play
with his handouts. He let her. 1t required
forty minutes filing at midnight to get them off.
He had forgotten he had no key with him.
A FEW DAYS SINCE Mrs. G. W. Bates of Farmer
City, Ill, removed from her right leg, above the
knee, a piece of crochet-needle. She has no
knowledge of ever taking such a thing into her
stomach or how it ever got where she found 1t.
AN INSANE PRISONER who was arraigned be-
fore Brooklyn justice the other day declared
himself King of the United States suddenly
sailed into" the police officers present and
cleared the court room Of loungerS i'll short
order.
A CHECK for $500, 900, on the German Exchange
Bank, was picked up in the streets of New York
the other night by boy. 1t was doubtless in
tended for that purpose, as the bank knew moth
ing either of the signer of the person to whose
order it was drawn.
H. S. HOWELL writes in the Antiquary that he
bought at st. Louis, last fall, five keys
of the Bastile, which were brought to
America by q descendant of one of the mob.
The great key of the Bastie is now at Mount
Vernon, having been sent to Washington aby
Lafayette
III Paris in 1888 115, 100000 people travelled in
busses, 1S1, 100000 in street cars, 1SS500000 in
the penny steamers, 65,000,000 in suburban
trains: The busses are very popular and have
steadily grown for thirty years. In 1854 34,O 900
900 people used them; 1864, 96,000,00O; 1874,
115,0O00OO; 1884, 191 100000.
AN Elmer City Cdich) fellow bought a horse
for S. and traded it for 99c revolver The
purchaser sold the animal for 81, clearing 1c.
His son dickered equus for 10c., chrome, 25c.
knife and mink trap. A last buyer paid 81,
and the next morning the horse was dead. His
body was used as a fertilizer.
A J,r;,, &I,o Uo1,
town, r. l., lookup awaiting trial, made his
newspaper into long roll, stuck bent pin
in the end, and reaching through the cell door,
drew bunch of keys off hook, where they
were hanging, opened his cell door, and made
his escape.
HERE is an interesting mathematical problem
The trade unionists of the Journeymen Tailors'
Union have passed a resolution to carry a blue
flag in their procession. and fine any member
who walks behind red banner 81, The Social
lists in the organization passed a resolution to
carry red flag. and to fine those who march
behind blue flag S. The blue flag men out
number the red flag men two to one. Which
side will collect the largest amount in fines, and
how much will the treasury be benefited
thereby?
AN old man of 20, named Eugene Denizot,
who occupied a garrett at 10 Rue de Brosses,
Paris, died suddenly the other morning The
ponce VINO was caHeu III was IedV-
ing the wretched room, after throwing glance
around when he accidentally overturned old
table the drawer of which fell out, and with it
stream of Napoeons amounting, as il turned
out, to 100000 francs A further and closer
search in the garnet led TO the discovery of notes
and securities representing 100000 francs. The
old miser was never known to receive any one
and is supposed to have no heir.
SOME sewer men met with strange adventure
while at work Aug. 12, in one of the labyrinths
,f Dor, At
gagged in cleaning out the part which lies under
the Boulevard de la Villette they suddenly heard
loud and prolonged sounds of kissing. The fore
man discovered an enormous boa constructor
coiled around one of the water ducts with its
head protruding toward him He Immediately
stunned the reptile with vigorous blow from
his shovel and his workmen having come up,
the whole party set to work until they killed it,
It had escaped from neighboring circus.
THIS is the story of DIaharaiah Holkars sud
den departure from London during the Jubilee
1t was arranged that he was to attend the In
perial Institute cornerstone laying going in the
procession just after couple of German
Princes WHAT" ne cried II follow a brace
of peddling Dutchmen: Not much!' But you
must, said Sir Lepel Griffin; ''the Queen eX-
poets you, and will be angry if you don't 60"
And be emphasized his remark by laying hold
of Holkar's arm. What roared the Indian,
has the master become he slave? | will not
go, say!' In an hour he was on his way to
Paris.
A STORMY CAREER was that of Armand Carrel,
to whom monument has just been erected at
Rouen. He was adventurous from the moment
that he left st. Cyr until be was shot by Emile
de Girardin, who swore on the tomb of his adj
versary never to fight duel again. When
fighting in Spain in the Foreign Liberal Legion
which was composed of Frenchmen and Italians
the Colonel, an Italian, thought he saw the
French WAIVER, and said so You lie retorted
Carrel, and charged with his men like a maniac
year afterward he tried by court martial
aud was about to throw chair at the President
when he was carried out of the court by soldiers
WITHIN a radius of two miles around Brooke
vlle Md, are TO be found lady of 100 years
and months, one in her Tooth, a gentleman of
90 or %; another of % died n few days ago
Several are verging close to 80, and quite a
number might be named ranging between IS
and S. Moreover, not one of these is
helpless childish or house bound. The old
lady of 100 years and months moves around
quite actively, docs considerable household work
of light kind, and her faculties are clear In
Brookeville lives an old old shoemaker of 81,
who has been at the bench seventy-flve years
who does as good quality Of work as ever,
can put in full days work and is his own
gardener.
A BRAVE feat was performed at Kingston,
England. the other evening by a constable
named Ewbank, who having seen a man fling
himself into the sea off the pier, Immediately
threw of his coat and boots, tied a rope around
his waist and swan out to the rescue Al
about eighty yards from shore he came up to